Where does “vartioiminen” come from?

vartioiminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish vartioida, from Finnish vartio, from Finnish vartija, from Finnish -ja, from Proto-Finnic -ja, from Proto-Uralic -ja — Forms the present participle.

Ancestry of “vartioiminen”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	vartioida	to guard
2	Finnish	vartio	guard, watch; troop
3	Finnish	vartija	guard
4	Finnish	-ja	-er
5	Proto-Finnic	-ja	Forms agent nouns from verbs
6	Proto-Uralic	-ja	Forms the present participle

Words derived from “vartioiminen”

vartioimisliike

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish vartija →